Stacker



0. W. BENNETT STACKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I, 192:.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

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UNITED STATES (PATENT orrlcs.

OSCAR W. BENNETT, OF COLBY, KANSAS.

STACKER.

Application filed February T (1 Q0 710% it may 007N167")? Be it known that I. lsoin W. BENNETT, a citizen of the Jnited States, residing at Colby, in the county of Thomas, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stackers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear. 1d exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stackers and particularly to devices for stacking wheat which has been headed.

One object of the invention to provide a portable stacking device which is strong and durable, and which can be easily and quickly moved from the stack when formed, without disturbing the stack.

Another object is to provide means for holding the stack retaining gates in closed position and which can be easily and quickly swung out of the way, when the gates have been opened, to permit the stacker to pass from the stack.

Other objects and advantages will be ap- 'parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stacker made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, the gates being in closed position, the open position being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is vertical sectional view through I the gate r taining beam and the means for holding the beam in position.

Fig. l is a vertical detail sectional view through the lower port-ions of the gates and the beam, on the line 4 l of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal transverse sectional View above the beam, on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, the gates being in open position, and the beam 31 shown in dotted lines as swung into open position to permit the passage of the stacker from over the stack.

Referring particularly to the accompany ing drawings and 11 represents the inner and outer longitudinal side sills which are secured together, in spaced relation, at different points, by the short transverse beams or blocks 12. A main transverse beam 13 is disposed across the upper faces of the front ends of the sills 10 and 11, and secured there- Specification of Letters Patent.

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to. Erected on the inner sills 10 are the uprights lat, longitudinal beams 15 beinr secured to the upper ends of said uprights and having secured thereto the lower end portlons of the rafters 16 of the roof of the stacker. A lattice is secured to the inner faces of the uprights, and to the sills 10 and beams 15, and similar lattices are secured to the inner faces of the rafters 16, at their lower portions. Adjacent the rear end of the structure, and secured to. the lower faces of the sills 10 and 11, are the bearing boxes 17, which support the ends of the a Xles 18 of the ground wheels 19, which wheels are arranged between the said sills. The front axle 20 is mounted on the beam 13 by means of a pivot or fifth wheel 21, a draft tongue 22 being pivotally connected to said axle for attachment of draft animals, whereby the stacker may be readily moved from place to place, and for the purpose of moving the stacker from the finished stack.

Inclined braces 23 extend from the sills 11 to the beams 15 to assist in maintaining the structure rigid.

At the rear end of the structure the inclined braces 23 extend above the rafters 16, and are secured to the ends of a horizontal transverse strip 24, which is secured to the rear faces of the upper portions of the rearmost rafters. The front end of the inclosure is closed by a lattice 25, while the rear end is open to permit the inclosure to be easily moved from ,over the stack which has been 'formed. within the inclosure. A pair of pendant gates 26 are pivotally supported on the strip 24k, and are arranged to swing upwardly and outwardly, toward the oppositesides of the structure, when the stack is to be discharged. Ropes 27 are secured to the upper outer corners of the gates, and pass upwardly over pulleys 28, carried by the ridge pole 29, of the roof, and depend opposite the discharge opening of the stacker. The ends of the ropes are provided with loops which are arranged to be engaged with hooks 30 on the gates.

Pivotally secured to the lower face of the rear end of one of the sills 11, is a beam 31 which is arranged to be swung across the rear of the stacker, and be supported, at its other end, on the brackets 32, carried by the rear ends of the sills 10 and 11, at said other side of the stacker. Vertical openings 33 and 34, are formed respectively in the sills and the beam 31, to retain the same in extending position across the rear of the stacker, as clearly seen in the sectional view Fig. 3, when the pins are properl inserted therein. Secured to the upper face of the beams 31, and at the intermediate point thereon, is a longitudinally extending strip 36, the outer faces of the ends of whlch are inclined, as shown at 37, for engagement by the depending ends 38 of the inner portions of the gates. Plates 39 are secured to the outer face of the beam 31, opposite the strip 36, to maintain the gates against outward movement, under pressure of the material within the stacker. The upper ends of the pins 35 are formed with crank portions 35' which, when properly engaged in the open ings of the beam and sills, engages with the outer faces of the lower outer corners of the gates to prevent outward movement of the gates from pressure from within. One end of the beam 31 rojects a distance beyond the sill 11 to WhlCh it is pivotally attached for the purpose of providing a handle with which to swing the'bearn into and out of position across the rear of the stacker.

-Secured to the center of the beam 31, and upwardly and longitudinally through supporting rings carried by and depending from the ridgepole 29, at 40, is a rope 41, the forward end of which depends within convenient reach of the driver who sits on the seat 42, at the front end of the stacker.

Hinged to the ends of the front sill 13 are the blocks or legs 43 which when swung down into contact with the ground will support the front of the stacker, with the front wheels clear of the ground, whereby the stacker will be prevented from movement while the hay or straw is being thrown in.

Hooks 44, carried by the front of the stacker are arranged to engage with eyes as, on the legs 43, to hold the legs in elevated positionwhen the stacker is to be moved.

lVhat is claimed is:

A stacker comprising an open-bottomed housing within which the material of a stack is to be thrown, vertically and transversely moving pivotally mounted gates at the rear end of the housing, brackets carried by the rear of the housing, a transverse beam pivotally supported at one side of the rear end of the housing and arranged to be moved to extend across the housing, at times, and longitudinally at the side of the housing at times, means for retaining the beam releasably on the brackets, spaced means on the intermediate portion of the beam for the reception therebetween of the gates, and to hold the gates against horizontally outward movement under outward pressure from the material within the housing.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR W. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

W. D. FERGUSON, G. W. GAYLE. 

